The 2005 United States Grand Prix which was held on this day 13 years ago at Indianapolis Motor Speedway must have a claim to be one of the lowest points of modern Formula 1. The field consisted of 20 cars, but when they came to the end of their formation lap to take up their grid positions for the start of the race, all but six peeled off into the pit lane. And there they stayed. The problem had started in practice and qualifying, when a number of cars running on Michelin tyres suffered dangerous high-speed blow-outs. After analysing the causes - related to the rough surface of the banked speedway section of the circuit - Michelin insisted that a chicane be added to the circuit layout to...
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